Casa dos Contos

History Of Gold In Ouro Preta

This was a free museum located in an old 18th Century Treasury Building and covered various aspects of gold discovery in the region and had some interesting exhibits (such as the old gold foundry an...

Nice building

I think that the best part about the casa dos contos is the building itself. A highlight are the old ceilings near the exit. In a basement there are interesting items, some of them related to slavery....

A ciew of Ouro Preto's past, a very rich past, and a cruel one, as well...

Casa dos Contos is where the crown's representative gathered taxes, melted gold, made coins housing the nobleman's family. It is well preseved and with very good information.

Nifty museum about the history of Brazil's money

Think of this museum as an easy to navigate, well-appointed mint tour, with excellent specimens of Brazilian coins and paper money. The signs and narratives are entirely in Portuguese, but even if yo...

Museum with a lot of history

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It is worth visiting and learning a little more about the history of BRASIL. Go with time and aspiration to learn a lot.